Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo

Faculty of Arts is one of seven faculties of the University of Colombo. It conducts both undergraduate and post-graduate degree programs.

For other uses, see Faculty of Arts (disambiguation).
Faculty of Arts
TypePublic
StudentsProf Indrala de Silva and
Location
Colombo
,
Sri Lanka
Websitehttp://www.cmb.ac.lk/academic/arts/Home/index.htm

The largest faculty in of the University of Colombo, it is made up of eight academic departments and several teaching units, it undertakes studies and research in areas of humanities and social sciences. The origins of the faculty dates back to 1921, with the establishment of the Ceylon University College, as courses in arts subjects where the first to be started. Upgraded to a faculty in 1942 with the establishment of the University of Ceylon that year, it was moved completely to Peradeniya in the early 1950s. In 1963, a new arts faculty was established in Colombo as part of the University of Ceylon, Colombo campus which continues to function as the current faculty. the first Dean of the Faculty of Arts was Prof. Hem Chandra Ray, who was called out of retirement in India. He was former Dean at Peradeniya University.

Departments of the Faculty of Arts
  • Department of Demography
  • Department of Economics
  • Department of English
  • Department of English Language Teaching
    • Department of Geography
    • Department of History and International Relations
    • Department of Journalism
    • Department of Sinhala
    • Department of Sociology
    • Department of Political Science and Public Policy

    Programs
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